Cash carrier apparatus



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' CASH CARRIER APPARATUS.

No. 430,996 PatentedJune 24, 1890.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK J. H. HAZARD, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

CASH-CARRIER APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 430,996, dated June 24, 1890. Application filed July 31, 1889, Serial No. 319,270. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK JAMES HAWORTH HAZARD,manufacturer, of the city of Toronto, in the county of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cash-Carrier Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide simple mechanism for imparting movement to the basket-carrier by gravitation; and it consists, essentially, of two vertically-pivoted levers, the ends of the levers corresponding with each other, being connected together by wire or cord, or other equivalent, one of the wires or cords being shorter than the other, so that one lever shall be held at an angle different from the angle of the other lever, and one wire slant in the opposite direction from the other, which slant is reversed when the angle of the lever is inverted, so that the basket-carrier supported by one of the wires is caused to travel by gravitation from either of the levers to the other by simply reversing the angle of the lever, the whole being constructed substantially in the manner hereinafter described.

Figure 1 is a view of a cash-carrier constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail of the elevator and one of the pivoted levers. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail of the basket-carrier. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail of the bracket from which the basket-hook is supported. Fig. 5 represents a detail view of the spring-latch and holder.

In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures.

Each lever A is pivoted upon a suitable standard 13, supported either from the ceiling, as indicated, or in any other manner desired.

0 is a wire or cord connecting together the upper ends of the levers A, while the wire or cord D connects the lower ends of the said levers. The wire or cord 0 is connected to the upper end of each lever Aby a knuckle or bell-crank lever c, which allows a proper incline of the track for the desired purpose.

It will be observed that the wire or cord C is longer than the wire or cord D, which difference in length causes the levers A to stand at opposite angles to each other, as indicated. Each lever A is provided with a spring-latch E, to which is attached a cord F. On each standard 15 a latch-holder G is fixed in such a position that the spring-latchE will engage with it when the lever assumes the position indicated in- Fig. 2, thereby locking-the lever, so that the wire shall be held at the desired angle.

As clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3, to the upper end of the levers A is connected a bar g, provided with guides g for the bolt g to move in, and around the bolt is coiled a spring 9 which normally forces the bolt upward, and on each of the depending standards B is a sleeve g, to which is connected arod 9 on which are lugs g g, which form a holder or keeper for the latch-bolt g The lug g is provided with a beveled face 9 against which the bolt is adapted to contact and be forced down until it clears said lug, when the spring will force the bolt up between the lugs, and this mechanism forms the latch for retaining the lever A and inclining the track. It will thus'be seen that when one of the levers A is tilted toward the depending standard B the spring-bolt carried thereby will contact with the beveled lug g and ride over the face thereof, and when it has cleared the face will enter the span between the lugs and lock the lever in the desired position, and to release the bolt it is only necessary to pull down the cord F, which releases the bolt, and the lever will be free to tilt, as is evident.

H is a carriage provided with suitablygrooved wheels to rest upon the wire D, as indicated. From this carriage projects downwardly a bracket 1, on which the basket-hook J is pivoted. A torsion-spring K is applied to the basket-hook J in such a manner that the normal position of the said hook shall be that shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3that is to say, the moment that the weight of the basket L is removed the torsion -spring K forces the basket-hook J into the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3.

M is an elevator, held to the standard N by the straps O, in which straps friction-rollers P are j ournaled, so as to permit the free vertical movement of the elevator M upon the standard N. This standard N is supported from the ceiling, as indicated, or in anyother convenient manner. A cord Q is connected to the elevator M, and is carried over the pulley R, which is journaled, as indicated, in the standard N. A finger S projects from the elevator M, and forms a support for the basket L while it is being elevated to the basket-hook J, as described farther on.

In order to remove the basket L from its hook J and lower it for the purpose of being emptied or filled, the cord Q is pulled upon, so as to raise the elevator, bringing the finger S against the bail of the basket L and raising the said basket until its bail is clear of the end of the hook J, when, by act-ion of the torsion-spring K, the hook J is thrown back into the position indicated by dotted lines, holding the hook clear of the bail of the basket, so that the said basket may be lowered with the elevator M, which descends by gravitation as the cord Q is loosened.

When it is desired to replace the basket L upon its hook J, the cord Q is pulled down until the elevator M has raised the bail of the basket L above the end of the hook J, which at this period is in the position indicated by dotted lines. The cord F is then pulled, so as to draw the spring-latch E clear of the latch-holder G, when the lever A will immediately rock on its pivot, causing the hook J to catch onto the bail of the basket L. The weight of the basket pulls the hook J into the position in which it is indicated by full lines, and the lower end of the leverA continues to travel up until it reaches the point indicated by dotted lines, by which time the wire D will have assumed the slanting position indicated by dotted lines, causing the carriage H to roll down the incline toward the other end of the railway.

I should have mentioned that when the carriage H is in the position indicated in the drawings it is locked by the hooked fingeror fingers T, which fit over a pin or pins U, projecting from the side of the carriage H, as indicated. When the levers A are adjusted, as described, into the position indicated by dotted lines, the fingers T are disengaged from the pins U, leaving the carriage free to roll down the slanting wire toward the opposite lever, to which it is locked by the pin U snapping under the hooked finger or fingers T, fixed to the said lever.

In order that the slant of the wires C D may be readily adjusted to suit the length of the track, I make the latch-holder G longitudinally adjustable, so that it may be readily set in order to hold the lever it looks at any desired angle.

In order to lock'the elevator in an elevated position, I fix to its elevating-cord Q a stopball V, which abuts against the bottom of the forked bracket W when the cord Q is slipped into it, as indicated in the drawings.

It will be observed that the bail of the basket L is formed by three handles a, b, and c, which are fixed to the basket, as indicated, and-are connected together at their top by a piece of sheet-metal plate d, which forms a flat support to rest upon the hook J. This means of forming the bail and providing a flat surface to rest upon prevents in a great measure the swaying of the basket.

What I claim as my invention is 1. In a cash-carrier apparatus, the combination of the standards, the levers pivoted or hinged thereto, having the wire and track connected therewith, the latch-holders on the depending standards, the sliding spring-actuated latch-bolts on the levers, and the cords connected to the latch-bolts for releasing them.

2. The pivoted levers A, connected together by the Wires or cords O D, on one of which the carriage II is supported, the hooked fingers T, connected to thelevers A and designed to engage with the pin U, projecting from the carriage II, in combination with means for rocking the levers A on their pivots and looking them at the desired angle, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a cash-carrier apparatus, the combination, with the basket, of the carriage having a bracket depending therefrom, a hook hinged to said bracket, and a spring carried by the bracket and exerting its tension against the hook to throw the same out of engagement with the basket.

Toronto, July 15, 1889.

FREDERICK J. H. HAZARD. 

